This week, 60 Minutes reported on St. Mary's Academy, a Catholic school for young Black women in New Orleans, Louisiana. Correspondent Bill Whitaker met two former students, Calcea Johnson and Ne ...

Roughly four months after NBA legend Charles Barkley promised $1 million to St. Mary's Academy in New Orleans East, the private school where two students cracked a centuries-old mathematical ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The St. Mary’s Academy family is mourning the death of Sister Jennie Jones, a dedicated leader with 20 years of faithful service. Sr. Jennie was a graduate of St. Mary’s ...

A former basketball star is making a $1 million commitment to a New Orleans school. St. Mary’s Academy announced that Charles Barkley will be donating $1 million to the school over the next 10 ...

Students at St. Mary's Academy in New Orleans in grades 8-12, along with faculty, staff, administration and alumni, participated in the third annual Venerable Henriette Delille Day of Service.

Two high school seniors from New Orleans have caused a stir among mathematicians at a recent conference. The students, from St. Mary’s Academy, are showing a new way to look at a 2,000-year-old ...

St. Mary’s Academy, a Catholic institution dedicated to educating young Black women in New Orleans, has been making dreams a reality for decades. However, despite its remarkable achievements ...

NEW ORLEANS — St. Mary’s Academy received the first of ten $100K checks from former NBA star and sports commentator Charles Barkley last Friday. “We are forever grateful for Mr. Barkley’s ...

NEW ORLEANS — For more than 17 years, St. Mary's Academy has achieved a 100% college acceptance rate, but this year they broke their own record with the number of scholarships awarded to ...

At St. Mary’s Academy in New Orleans, that sound is all girl power. “To see an all-girls school, Black all-girls school, and no boys at all. It’s pretty good,” said Ja’Leah Gilbert ...